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Mr. Yarmuth has been a director of the Company since 1991, when the Company acquired National Health Industries ("National"), where Mr.Yarmuth was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. After the acquisition, Mr.Yarmuth became the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Yarmuth became Chairman and CEO in 1992. He was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of National from 1981 to 1991.

Mr. Goldberg was elected a director in February 1997. Mr. Goldberg is the managing partner of the law firm of Goldberg and Simpson in Louisville, Kentucky and has served in that capacity since 1991.

Mr. McClinton was elected a director in October 1994. Mr. McClinton was President and part owner of Skylight Thoroughbred Training Center, Inc., a thoroughbred training center, until July 2002, when it was sold. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. McClinton was co-chairman of Interlock Industries, a privately held conglomerate in the metals and transportation industries.

Mr. Bing was elected a director in January 1992. Mr. Bing is a principal and Chief Operating Officer of Prosperitas Investment Partners, L.P., a private investment company located in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also a director of various closely-held business entities. Since 2005, Mr. Bing has served as Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing, New Business and Video Services for National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, a large member owned cooperative in Herndon, Virginia serving in excess of 1,200 telephone and electric cooperatives across the country.

Ty Wilburn has over 30 years of hospital industry experience, including mergers and acquisitions, finance, operations, strategic planning, and venture capital. Mr. Wilburn is responsible for maintaining the company's strategic focus and leads the management team in all initiatives. Serving as CEO since January of 2003, Mr. Wilburn has been instrumental in the company's several acquisitions. He has also taken great care in putting together a motivated and talented management team which has improved performance in all Merit owned health facilities year over year. Prior to joining Merit Health, Mr. Wilburn's experience included senior executive positions at Community Health Systems and Humana. During his career, Mr. Wilburn has led and closed more than $3 billion in transactions.

Mr. Reed was elected a director in November 2000. Since August 2005, Mr. Reed has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of LifeCare Holdings, Inc., a privately owned operator of 18 long-term hospitals. Before joining LifeCare, Mr. Reed served as Chief Executive Officer of The Allegro Group, a healthcare financial advisory firm that advised public and private healthcare organizations from 1998 to 2005. From May 2000 to December 2001, Mr. Reed served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rehab Designs of America Corporation, a private venture capital backed orthotics and prosthetics healthcare company, as part of a turnaround project. From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Reed was Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors of Vencor, Inc.

Since Wayne Smith’s arrival in 1997, CHS has grown from $742 million in net revenue to over $10.8 billion in 2008 net revenue. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent— the strongest record of revenue growth in the industry. For the last six years, Mr. Smith has been selected by the readers of Modern Healthcare Magazine as one of the "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare". When Mr. Smith was recruited as Community Health Systems, Inc.'s president and CEO, he brought more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience to the company. He was named Chairman of the Board of Community Health Systems, Inc. in February 2001. Prior to joining CHS, Smith was with Humana, Inc. for 23 years where held a variety of senior management positions including president and Chief Operating Officer. He also was a member of Humana, Inc.'s Board of Directors from 1993 to mid-1996. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Praxair, Inc., Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the Nashville Healthcare Council (2006 & 2007 Chairman) and the Federation of American Hospitals (2003 Chairman). Before joining Humana in 1973, Smith spent four years as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Services Corps. Mr. Smith holds both a bachelor of science and Master of Science from Auburn University and a master of science in healthcare administration from Trinity University. He studied at the King's Fund College of Hospital Administration in London, England.